The Evolving Megatext of Fantasy

Allen Stroud

The Evolving Megatext of Fantasy

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Abstract

How fantasy’s tropes and conventions have become more of a tapestry in the last thirty years with the rise of other entertainment media and how, in light of this, we should revise Dark Suvin’s definition of the novum.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	96-107
Number of pages	11
Journal	BFS Journal
Volume	1
Issue number	18
Publication status	Published - 1 Feb 2018

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Megatext
Novum
Fantasy

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Allen Stroud
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